Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique
Author
Naskrecki, Piotr
Author
Guta, Ricardo
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-04
4682
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1
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journal article
25307
10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1
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Phaneroptera nigropunctata
Chopard, 1955
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Orthoptera
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(
Figs. 25
D–F)
Diagnostic remarks.
A small, nondescript katydid (
Fig. 25F
), very similar to
P. sparsa
but distinguishable by more slender and more incurved cerci in the male (
Fig. 25E
). The stridulatory area of the tegmina also appears darker than in other species of the genus (
Fig. 25D
).
Bioacoustics.
The call of
P. nigropunctata
is unknown.
Distribution and natural history.
This species has previously only been recorded from
South Africa
(
Chopard 1955b
) and
Lesotho
(
Ragge 1956a
), this is the first record of its occurrence in
Mozambique
.
Material examined
(
1 specimen
).
Mozambique
:
Sofala
,
Gorongosa
Dist., GNP,
Community Education Center
(
CEC
), elev.
129 m
(
-18.953639
,
34.177111
),
21.vi.2014
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 male
.